pico-extras VS esp-idf

Compare pico-extras vs esp-idf and see what are their differences.

esp-idf

Espressif IoT Development Framework. Official development framework for Espressif SoCs. (by espressif)
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pico-extras esp-idf
6 245
436 12,479
4.4% 3.2%
2.6 10.0
about 1 month ago 3 days ago
C C
BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License Apache License 2.0
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pico-extras

Posts with mentions or reviews of pico-extras. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-30.
  • Raspberry Pico C: Remote Sensor
    4 projects | dev.to | 30 Dec 2023
    In the Pico Extras repository, find the external/pico_extras_import.cmake file
  • VGA driver using PIO and DMA on the RP2040
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 2 Jun 2023
    [2] https://github.com/raspberrypi/pico-extras/tree/master/src/c...
  • External Quad SPI pins?
    2 projects | /r/raspberrypipico | 22 Nov 2022
  • i2s
    1 project | /r/raspberrypipico | 31 Jul 2022
    pico-extras
  • SD/MMC reading/writing with C SDK
    3 projects | /r/raspberrypipico | 30 May 2021
    There is https://github.com/raspberrypi/pico-extras/tree/master/src/rp2_common/pico_sd_card which is SDIO based, and works for reading/writing sectors, but very bare bones prototype atm.
  • A Closer Look at Raspberry Pi RP2040 Programmable iOS (PIO)
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 16 Feb 2021
    I've just been getting to grips with the PIO, they are a lot of fun to program. Whilst the instruction set is very limited with only enough memory for 32 of them you can do some pretty sophisticated things. A key part of the flexibility is the ability to execute incoming data as instructions. You can stream in a mixture of data and instructions via the DMA, the PIO separates the two and uses the instructions to modify execution so a simple loop becomes a lot more flexible. You can easily sync several of them up to. The scanvideo library: https://github.com/raspberrypi/pico-extras/blob/master/src/c... which is for producing video signals (like VGA) on the fly with scanlines supplied by the CPU is a good example of what's possible. You can have multiple scanline PIO running at once, each decoding a compressed RLE format including transparency and it composes them all together on the fly.

    If you've ever played one of the Zachtronics games (in particular Shenzhen IO) it feels like the programming in one of those games. Tight constraints but major possibilities when you think about it for a while.

esp-idf

Posts with mentions or reviews of esp-idf. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-07.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing pico-extras and esp-idf you can also consider the following projects:

no-OS-FatFS-SD-SPI-RPi-Pico - A FAT filesystem with SPI driver for SD card on Raspberry Pi Pico

arduino-esp32 - Arduino core for the ESP32

rpi - Microcontroller projects (RPi, Arduino, ATTiny85, ESP, Pico, STM8/32)

MicroPython - MicroPython - a lean and efficient Python implementation for microcontrollers and constrained systems

pico-examples

WiFiManager - ESP8266 WiFi Connection manager with web captive portal

picodvi - [Moved to: https://github.com/Wren6991/PicoDVI]

WLED - Control WS2812B and many more types of digital RGB LEDs with an ESP8266 or ESP32 over WiFi!

pico-dvi-rs - Rust reimplementation of PicoDVI for the rp2040 microcontroller

Unity Test API - Simple Unit Testing for C

esptool-js - Javascript implementation of flasher tool for Espressif chips, running in web browser using WebSerial.

esp32-wifi-penetration-tool - Exploring possibilities of ESP32 platform to attack on nearby Wi-Fi networks.